I bought it and like it. In fact, wife took it today with her on a trip to NYC because she was concerned about her 6s running out of battery. I've had a couple other battery cases that I didn't like much and they broke on me so I'm happy to see a silicone Apple version. Is it over priced? Yeah, but same can be said for all Apple Cases. Overall I'm very happy with it and it's nice to have choices.
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Apple Launches Official $99 Battery Enhancing Case for iPhone 6s
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Apple is looking especially desperate.
To put out a copy cat product that's this ugly is mind boggling
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To put out a copy cat product that's this ugly is mind boggling
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I'm being honest : I had no idea this was made by Apple,I just saw it's thumbnail picture on my youtube video subscription,and thought what a stupid and ugly thing,who made this?
I'm speechless now.
I'm speechless now.
Vibration isn't the same as the haptic motor, you need to do some reading. The iPhone 6s has both haptic and vibration that the original iPhone has had since first release.
I like the way you've decided that 1mm will definitely give you 400 mah, Apple should hire you!
You need to do some reading Sir. Apple combined the Haptic and Vibration motor in the 6s and called it "Taptic Engine".
1mm WILL DEFINITELY give you atleast 400 mah.
iPhone 6s battery thickness: 3.302 mm
Capacity: 1715 mah
Capacity per mm: 1715/3.302 = 519 mah
Hence a 1mm thicker 6s should give you 519 mah. More than my conservative estimate of 400 mah.
I can back up everything I say. I don't make assumptions and random guesses without stating that I am doing so.
References:
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/09/25/video-iphone-6s-taptic-engine/
http://bgr.com/2015/09/08/iphone-6-battery-life-2/
Another trash design from Jony Ive... The ugly is the new beauty now.
I'm wondering if Cook isn't an insider agent with a purpose to destroy Apple.
I'm wondering if Cook isn't an insider agent with a purpose to destroy Apple.
Put the vibration motor in or not, the "Taptic Engine" still takes up more space.
I'm sure your hard facts on what to do with the battery look great on paper, in the real world its definitely not that simple.
I don't see what would be so hard. Make it 1mm thicker, make the battery 1mm thicker with same length and width. Boom! You got 2215 mah battery.
Of course you're going to reply it is not so easy without stating any reason why. You just make random assumptions and guesses.
What the hell did you just do, the exact opposite assumption. Man, read yourself.
I feel it's more that any move will bring with it its own share of constraints and considerations as well. I don't believe increasing battery life is as simple and straightforward as just "making the iPhone 1 mm thicker" like you say without also changing other stuff like the arrangement of the internal circuitry, the weight and the feel of the device in your hand, which I feel are also compromises in their own right and which also impact the end user experience of the product.
Talk is cheap, as they say.
I already stated earlier how a 1mm increase in thickness of the battery results in 519 mah theoretically. Here it is:
iPhone 6s battery thickness: 3.302 mm
Capacity: 1715 mah
Capacity per mm: 1715/3.302 = 519 mah
Hence a 1mm thicker 6s should give you 519 mah.
This is not some random assumption based off of nothing.
You might say it is not so simple and I understand that. Some things will need to be rearranged to maintain balance, etc. However Apple is a huge company tech, rearranging what is inside shouldm't be rocket science.
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Despite what a lot of people think, we should note the following about the Apple Battery Case for the iPhone 6/6s and 6+/6+s:
1. Apple went specifically with that peculiar slide-in design for the case because Mophie has multiple patents on its battery case design for cellphones, and Apple wanted to avoid infringing on Mophie's patents.
2. The case is thin at the top and bottom ends specifically to make sure the case does not unduly interfere with the antennas' reception on the top and bottom of the iPhone 6/6+ models.
3. The case has its own external Apple Lightning connector, so when the phone is in the case you can still use your own Lightning cables to sync with a desktop or laptop computer running iTunes or use the Lightning cable to charge both the phone and the battery case if the cable is connected to a 10 W or 12 W Apple charger (the ones that normally come with the iPad, though you get can one at the Apple Store for under US$20).
(By the way, I wonder why didn't Mophie try to build a Juice Pack case with the external Lightning connector through the Apple Made for iPhone (MFI) certification program? Sure, it may have added around $15 to the retail cost of the Juice Pack case, but then you don't need to fumble around for a Micro USB cable to charge the case and the iPhone in the case can still be synced to a desktop or laptop computer.)
1. Apple went specifically with that peculiar slide-in design for the case because Mophie has multiple patents on its battery case design for cellphones, and Apple wanted to avoid infringing on Mophie's patents.
2. The case is thin at the top and bottom ends specifically to make sure the case does not unduly interfere with the antennas' reception on the top and bottom of the iPhone 6/6+ models.
3. The case has its own external Apple Lightning connector, so when the phone is in the case you can still use your own Lightning cables to sync with a desktop or laptop computer running iTunes or use the Lightning cable to charge both the phone and the battery case if the cable is connected to a 10 W or 12 W Apple charger (the ones that normally come with the iPad, though you get can one at the Apple Store for under US$20).
(By the way, I wonder why didn't Mophie try to build a Juice Pack case with the external Lightning connector through the Apple Made for iPhone (MFI) certification program? Sure, it may have added around $15 to the retail cost of the Juice Pack case, but then you don't need to fumble around for a Micro USB cable to charge the case and the iPhone in the case can still be synced to a desktop or laptop computer.)
The New iPhone 7, it doesn't have to look good because it is a work tool!!!!
And it comes in colors, unapologetically business oriented, and with full day battery life!
All day battery (no more battery gate ) colorful design and good reception (no more antenna gate), no hump (no more hump gate) about the only thing it lacks is the Apple logo, then some people around here would go nuts defending it!
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Forgot to add the 7 plus version
And it comes in colors, unapologetically business oriented, and with full day battery life!
All day battery (no more battery gate ) colorful design and good reception (no more antenna gate), no hump (no more hump gate) about the only thing it lacks is the Apple logo, then some people around here would go nuts defending it!
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Forgot to add the 7 plus version
Why didn't they make the battery even larger and then pad the corners with some shock absorbing material and then it would look just like any other shock absorbing larger case or battery extending case (I've seen a LOT of them out there with Android devices)? It's this "hump" that makes it look bizarre and unstable looking.
Frankly, I can't believe there is any kind of supervision going on at Apple these days for something like THIS to make it to market without SOMEONE saying, "WTF! DON"T DO IT!" Yes, it may be useful, but WTF happened to Apple's priorities on good looking designs? The people on here wondering why Apple just didn't make the iPhone a bit thicker and use a larger battery have a good point. Who buys an iPhone these days and doesn't put it in a case (that makes it thicker) anyway? And what is the point in obsessing over making a THIN phone only to offer a goofy hunch-back case?
The Hunch-Back of Cupertino....
Frankly, I can't believe there is any kind of supervision going on at Apple these days for something like THIS to make it to market without SOMEONE saying, "WTF! DON"T DO IT!" Yes, it may be useful, but WTF happened to Apple's priorities on good looking designs? The people on here wondering why Apple just didn't make the iPhone a bit thicker and use a larger battery have a good point. Who buys an iPhone these days and doesn't put it in a case (that makes it thicker) anyway? And what is the point in obsessing over making a THIN phone only to offer a goofy hunch-back case?
The Hunch-Back of Cupertino....
It's laughable at how some Apple podcasters are defending this design. Some even suggest that the iPhone 6's thinness and weight is so it doesn't impede on usability. That adding weight will add fatigue. Yes, an extra few milligrams and millimetres will so greatly affect usability. 
Meanwhile, the iPhone 6+ size and weight is much greater. And the 6S+ ever heavier still.
Meanwhile, the iPhone 6+ size and weight is much greater. And the 6S+ ever heavier still.
Well for a start off, you can already buy increased capacity batteries on eBay that fit in the iPhone that are the same size. I wouldn't put them near my iPhone but you can get them - the factors in battery management are much more important than raw man - with 400 you'd possibly be lucky to get an extra real world hour of usage, which no one would notice. For anyone to actually go "this battery is incredble" on the iPhone you'd really need to double its size. To me that'd be useless though as you'd still have to charge it up at night, except now id had a thicker (and heavier don't forget and I already think the iPhone 6s is too heavy) phone that now has 60% left at the end of the night, thats still getting recharged anyway. Thats why I think 12 hours of normal usage is the sweet spot on phones, anymore and you're getting like the Apple Watch which has useless extra battery cycles, too much for a day, but not enough for two days, so you charge it up anyway.
The solution for those out hiking or away for long periods of time is a battery pack. For the rest of us the battery is fine and on the odd day it isn't there are charging points on my computer I work at, in my car I drive in, at my office desk, at my bedside table, all around my house, even on public transport - I could probably have my phone on charge 90% of the day if I wanted.